Conflux No.19

	Gallery 1 Just a Soap Bubble
	One-line abstracts / of science news reports / to flummox your mind / and generate a chaotic flux / of yearning / in your non-existent soul. / And from amidst that chaos / emerge a few beautiful sutras / elucidating the science of the soul. / Yes, the soul does exist, / and only it exists! / That is the whole point.
	Anticipation Fires the Imagination New research helps explain why finding new love—and other experiences— don't always meet expectations
	Invasion of the Lace Corals Some corals have risen from the deep to invade shallow waters
	Pesticide Brew Spells Trouble for Salmon Insecticides and their ilk are more lethal when combined than when used separately
	1.   Go on deepening inwards, you will find the immortal element that passes from body to body, form to form, but is in itself eternal.   2.   No-mind is your unpolluted nature, from the beginning to the end.   3.   No-mind is continuously singing its song whether you hear it or not; its music is there whether you hear it or not; its dance is there, though of course your eyes cannot see it.   4.   Your ego is your immaturity. Your egolessness is your awakening.     5.   You are not at all; you are just a soap bubble. Inside is nothingness and that is your nature.   6.   The Master knows perfectly well at what time the disciple needs the ultimate hit so that he disappears, leaving behind him just a pure space.
	Artificial Playmates for Autistic Children Playing with virtual kids may speed social development
	Damping the Desire to Drink A drug shows promise for treating alcoholics who imbibe to relieve stress
	Ocean Map Charts Path of Human Destruction Nearly every square kilometer of sea has been affected by human activity
	As far as the buddha is concerned, he will eternally wait for you. Whenever you choose to open your eyes inwards, you will find him. He is there — in your sleep, in your dreams, in your sanity, in your insanity. He is your very life. So even in the insane person, there is as much buddhahood as in the awakened, the enlightened. The quality of both is the same. The only small difference is that one has recognized himself, the other is postponing.  But this is not to condemn the outsiders as sinners, as religions have always done. Condemnation, in itself, is a non-religious attitude. A person is neither a sinner nor a saint; it is just that a few people are asleep and a few are awake. The people who are asleep have their joys, their dreams, their nightmares. The people who are awake have their blessings, their ecstasies.                                                                                                          - Osho